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Excessive force
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SDNY Blog
NBA’s Thabo Sefolosha Settles Case Against NYPD After Judge Furman Helps Seal the Deal
Yesterday, Thabo Sefolosha settled his case against the NYPD for $4 million (see ESPN coverage here) for false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution, and false imprisonment (see our previous post here). …
New York Injury Cases Blog
Excessive Force Case against Police Officer – $2,250,000 Pain and Suffering Award for Couple in Altercation; Punitive Damages Awards Vacated
On August 4, 2007 Herminio Pizarro and his girlfriend Olga Garcia were attending a block party on Brook Avenue and 138th Street in the Bronx. At about 7 p.m., Mr.…
New York Injury Cases Blog
False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution and Excessive Force Claims against Police Officers Upheld and Damages Awards Affirmed
On June 15, 2007 at about 1:30 a.m., Gary Gill crossed the street at Flatlands Avenue near 87th Street in Brooklyn intending to go to his parked car. As he…
PrawfsBlawg
Shorter White v. Pauly
Main Monday, January 09, 2017Shorter White v. PaulyUnless an officer walks up to an unarmed man and shoots him in the head while shouting that he knows the victim was…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Punitive Damages – Recent Cases
In addition to awarding damages to compensate plaintiffs for their injuries, a jury may award punitive damages if the jurors find that the acts of the defendant that caused the…
Criminal
What are the next steps if filming the police can’t help?
Both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot and killed by police this week. And both incidents happened around cameras. Holding police officers accountable by filming them or requiring them…
Legal Profession Blog
All The Marbles (Were Surgically Removed)
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed and reversed in part an inmate's claim that his rights were violated when he allegedly was forced to have…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Appellate Court Addresses Damage Awards in Case of Excessive Force by Police Officers
On May 30, 2008, at about 8:30 p.m., then 49 year old William Cardoza was drinking beer outside in front of the Bronx building where he lived. New York City…
Media Law Prof Blog
Leong and Dalpiaz on Media Coverage of Law Enforcement’s Use of Excessive Force
Nancy Leong and Miranda Dalpiaz, both of the University of Denver College of Law, are publishing Excessive Force and the Media in the Cornell Law Review Online (March 2016). Here…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Rare Plaintiff Summary Judgment in Excessive Force Case
This is something you don't see every day. Northern District Federal Judge Michael Mills granted summary judgment for the plaintiff in a police excessive force case. Here is the Complaint…